30th Jubilee Celebrations

Darnall and Handsworth celebrated its 30th anniversary by holding two events over the Bank Holiday weekend, 29 - 30 August 2015. These were wonderful and thoroughly enjoyable events. Some truely remarkable and high quality chess games were played. We would like to thank everyone for their kind help, professionalism and for giving up their time on a Bank Holiday weekend. The events would certainly not have been a success without your support. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Fraser and Cameron Wilson for playing with us against The Rest of the World.

D&H vs Rest of the World

Like the Phoenix rising from the ashes, Darnall and Handsworth were triumphant, beating The Rest of the World, 16.5 by 12.5 points. Day one brought together existing and previous members from the past to do battle with The Rest of the World. The time controll was 40 moves in 1hr 30mins and then an additional 30 minutes to finish the game. After a gruelling 4 hour marathon for each game, Darnall and Handsworth were victorious! We now sense our glory days of the past are back and that new and past members will hopefully join our excellent, successful club. Click here to download PDF score sheet

D&H

REST OF THE WORLD

Board 1

Christopher N Ross

0.5

0.5

Daniel J S Sullivan (Ireland)

Board 2

Jos Woolley

1

0

Deji Jeje (Nigeria)

Board 3

Jonathan Arnott

0.5

0.5

Mike D Smith (USA)

Board 4

John Gallagher

0.5

0.5

Miles Edwards-Wright (UK)

Board 5

Rob Woodford

0.5

0.5

Anthony L Natt (UK)

Board 6

Harry Russell

0

1

Gary Hinchcliffe (Malta)

Board 7

Martin Sheard

0.5

0.5

Szilard Tamas (Hungary)

Board 8

William P Somerset

1

0

Ken Hunter (UK)

Board 9

Aram Ter-Gevorkian

1

0

John A Fryer (UK)

Board 10

Christopher G Willey

1

0

Ionel Dragan (Romania)

Board 11

Tomas Plachetka

1

0

Henry Withington (Jamaica)

Board 12

Ray Trigg

0.5

0.5

D Philip Morgan (Wales)

Board 13

Alan Bramal

1

0.5

John Woollard (Spain)

Board 14

Geoffrey D Brown

1

0

Neil Cameron (New Zealand)

Board 15

Danny Dawson

0.5

0.5

Barry Williams (England)

Board 16

Craig Chatterton

0.5

0.5

William J Egan (Ireland)

Board 17

Rob Black

0

1

Kieran Redhead (Grenada)

Board 18

Geoff Facer

0.5

0.5

Steve Withington (Ireland)

Board 19

Brian D Stephenson

0

1

Brian Lever (Isle of Man)

Board 20

Keith Booth

1

0

Chris A Fraser (Scotland)

Board 21

Glynn Smith

0

1

Sammy Benzaira (Morocco)

Board 22

Fraser Wilson

0

1

Brian Redhead (Grenada)

Board 23

Derek Chatterton

0.5

0.5

Eric McKenna (Scotland)

Board 24

R (Bob) Lindsay

0

1

Les J Fancourt (France)

Board 25

Mick Turnidge

0

1

Pete Willoughby (Portugal)

Board 26

David J Nesbitt

1

0

Ivan Basarab-Horwath (Ukraine)

Board 27

Claudio Benvisto

1

0

Callum Deery (UK)

Board 28

Cameron Wilson

0.5

0.5

Josephine Woollard (Spain)

Board 29

Philip D Acock

1

0

Danny Dhunna (India/Kenya)

16.5

12.5

Individual Rapid Play Tournament

Day two was a fun, 6 round individual rapid play event, with a 30 minute time limit.
Under 150 grading prize was shared between Ionel Dragan and Geoff Brown. Under 110 grading prize was shared between Peter Willoughby, Ian Barker and Phil Acock. Click here to download PDF Score Sheet